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Item No. 9 <br />MemoYand'um <br />TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem and City Council <br />Grayson Path, City Manager <br />FROM: Andrew Mack, AICP Director Planning & Community Development <br />SUBJECT: Steak Wars Festival Event — Revised 5 -Year Annual Agreement with Tx DOT <br />for Closure of South Main Street 2"d Friday and Saturday of April 2023-2027 <br />MTG. DATE: February 13, 2023 <br />BACKGROUND <br />The Steak Wars Event last year become a recurring community event for the promotion of Paris to <br />visitors as well as residents. Free games and play activities are planned for children, food, live <br />music, vendors, and fun for the family will make this 3`d annual event a true attraction to promote <br />downtown Paris. The event stimulates the economy by bringing in approximately 2,500-5000 <br />people to downtown and utilizes many volunteer hours. The event continues to be planned on an <br />annual basis and continues to serve as a charitable fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club of Paris. <br />Last year's street closure was on Kaufman between Main and 1St St. SW and the entire block of <br />Main St. South between Kaufman and Austin. The reason for the revised agreement now is that an <br />additional block of Main Street South from Clarksville to Kaufman and Kaufman Street from Main <br />to SE 1St Street is also planned to be closed. The Stage will still be placed at the south end of this <br />closure on Main just a bit further north of the former Gibraltar Hotel and the old Belford Apartments <br />to improve the sound quality. As a result of this 2 day closure plan, an agreement with TX DOT is <br />again required because of the added block on Main Street. The traffic plan was revised last year to <br />eliminate the single lane closure of SW 1St Street and will remain unchanged for this minor revision. <br />The City Council must approve a new resolution for the event street closure to re -authorize the <br />agreement approval with Tx DOT. Attached with the agreement in Exhibit C is the planned Event <br />Route Detour Map. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Approve a resolution entering into in a multi-year agreement for South Main Street closure with <br />TxDOT for Steak Wars on the 2nd Friday and Saturday of April 2023-2027 <br />